Female para-urethral adenocarcinoma: Histological and immunohistochemical study

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-119

  Kato, Haruaki ^a   Kobayashi, Shinya ^a   Islam, Amh Manjurul ^a   Nishizawa, Osamu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Female urethra; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; URETHRA CANCER; URETHRA CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; URETHRAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14744285459     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2004.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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